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Why UAC should be taken seriously
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<blockquote data-quote="Wave" data-source="post: 560539"><p>Depends on the situation. For example, a malware launcher to the payload may attempt to run the program as administrator, and if this fails then it might move on to another method which may be able to work without triggering UAC or actually directly "bypassing" it (circumvention without "bypass").</p><p></p><p>E.g. encryption of personal documents which won't be a "protected" directory...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wave, post: 560539"] Depends on the situation. For example, a malware launcher to the payload may attempt to run the program as administrator, and if this fails then it might move on to another method which may be able to work without triggering UAC or actually directly "bypassing" it (circumvention without "bypass"). E.g. encryption of personal documents which won't be a "protected" directory... [/QUOTE]
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